LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL. PART SEVEN.
Through all the ages man has believed in an in-
visible power, through which and by which all
things have been created and are continually being
re-created.
We may personalize this power and call it God, or
we may think of it as the essence or spirit, which
permeates all things, but in either case the effect is
the same.
So far as the individual is concerned, the objec-
tive, the physical, the visible, is the personal, that
which can be cognized by the senses. It consists of
body, brain and nerves. The subjective is the spirit-
ual, the invisible, the impersonal.
The personal is conscious because it is a personal
entity. The impersonal, being the same in kind and
quality as all other Being, is not conscious of itself
and has therefore been termed the sub-conscious.
The personal, or conscious, has the power of will
and choice, and can therefore exercise discrimination
in the selection of methods whereby to bring about
the solution of difficulties.
The impersonal, or spiritual, being a part or one
with the source and origin of all power, can
necessarily exercise no such choice, but, on the con-
trary, it has Infinite resources at its command. It
can and does bring about results by methods con-
cerning which the human or individual mind can
have no possible conception.
You will therefore see that it is your privilege
to depend upon the human will with all its limita-
tions and misconceptions, or you may utilize the
potentialities of Infinity by making use of the sub-
conscious mind. Here, then, is the scientific ex-
planation of the wonderful power which has been
put within your control, if you but understand, ap-
preciate and recognize it.
One method of consciously utilizing this omnipo-
tent power is outlined in Part Seven, which I have
the honor of transmitting herewith.
PART SEVEN.
1. Visualization is the process of mak-
ing mental images, and the image is the
mold or model which will serve as a pattern
from which your future will emerge.
2. Make the pattern clear, and make it
beautiful; do not be afraid; make it grand;
remember that no limitation can be placed
upon you by any one but yourself; you are
not limited as to cost or material; draw on
the Infinite for your supply, construct it in
your imagination; it will have to be there
before it will ever appear anywhere else.
3. Make the image clear and clean-cut,
hold it firmly in the mind and you will
gradually and constantly bring the thing
nearer to you. You can be what "you will
to be."
4. This is another psychological fact
which is well know, but unfortunately,
reading about it will not bring about any
result which you may have in mind; it will
not even help you to form the mental im-
age, much less bring it into manifestation.
Work is necessary, labor, hard mental
labor, the kind of effort which so few are
willing to put forth.
5. The first step is idealization. It is
likewise the most important step, because
it is the plan on which you are going to
build. It must be solid; it must be perma-
nent. The architect, when he plans a 30-
story building, has every line and detail
pictured in advance. The engineer, when
he spans a chasm, first ascertains the
strength requirements of a million sepa-
rate parts.
6. They see the end before a single step
is taken; so you are to picture in your mind
what you want; you are sowing the seed,
but before sowing any seed you want to
know what the harvest is to be. This is
Idealization. If you are not sure, return
to the chair daily until the picture becomes
plain; it will gradually unfold; first the
general plan will be dim, but it will take
shape, the outline will take form, then the
details, and you will gradually develop the
power by which you will be enabled to
formulate plans which will eventually ma-
terialize in the objective world. You will
come to know what the future holds for
you.
7. Then comes the process of visualiza-
tion. You must see the picture more and
more complete, see the detail, and, as the
details begin to unfold the ways and means
for bringing it into manifestation will de-
velop. One thing will lead to another.
Thought will lead to action, action will de-
velp methods, methods will develop
friends, and friends will bring about cir-
cumstances, and, finally, the third step, or
Materialization, will have been accom-
plished.
8. We all recognize that the Universe
must have been thought into shape before it
ever could have become a material fact.
And if we are willing to follow along the
lines of the Great Architect of the Uni-
verse, we shall find our thoughts taking
form, just as the universe took concrete
form. It is the same mind operating
through the individual. There is no dif-
ference in kind or quality, the only differ-
ence is one of degree.
9. The architect visualizes his building,
he sees it as he wishes it to be. His thought
becomes a plastic mould from which the
building will eventually emerge, a high one
or a low one, a beautiful one or a plain one,
his vision takes form on paper and event-
ually the necessary material is utilized
and the building stands complete.
10. The inventor visualizes his idea in
exactly the same manner, for instance,
Nikola Tesla, he with the giant intellect,
one of the greatest inventors of all ages,
the man who has brought forth the most
amazing realities, always visualizes his
inventions before attempting to work them
out. He does not rush to embody them in
form and then spend his time in correcting
defects. Having first built up the idea in
his imagination, he holds it there as a men-
tal picture, to be reconstructed and im-
proved by his thought. "In this way," he
writes in the Electrical Experimenter. "I
am enabled to rapidly develop and perfect
a conception without touching anything.
When I have gone so far as to embody in
the invention every possible improvement.
I can think of, and see no fault anywhere,
I put into concrete, the product of my
brain. Invariably my devise works as I
conceived it should; in twenty years there
has not been a single exception."
11. If you can conscientiously follow
these directions, you will develop Faith, the
kind of Faith that is the "Substance of
things hoped for, the evidence of things
not seen;" you will develop confidence, the
kind of confidence that leads to endurance
and courage; you will develop the power
of concentration which will enable you to
exclude all thoughts except the ones which
are associated with your purpose.
12. The law is that thought will mani-
fest in form, and only one who knows how
to be the divine thinker of his own thoughts
can ever take a Master's place and speak
with authority.
13. Clearness and accuracy are ob-
tained only by repeatedly having the im-
age in mind. Each repeated action ren-
ders the image more clear and accurate
than the preceding, and in proportion to
the clearness and accuracy of the image
will the outward manifestation be. You
must build it firmly and securely in your
mental world, the world within, before it
can take form in the world without, and
you can build nothing of value, even in
the mental world unless you have the
proper material. When you have the ma-
terial you can build anything you wish,
but make sure of your material. You can-
not make broadcloth from shoddy.
14. This material will be brought out
by millions of silent mental workers and
fashioned into the form of the image which
you have in mind.
15. Think of it! You have over five
million of these mental workers, ready and
in active use; brain cells they are called.
Besides this, there is another reserve force
of at least an equal number, ready to be
called into action at the slightest need.
Your power to think, then is almost un-
limited, and this means that your power
to create the kind of material which is
necessary to build for yourself any kind
of environment which you desire is prac-
tically unlimited.
16. In addition to these millions of men-
tal workers, you have billions of mental
workers in the body, every one of which is
endowed with sufficient intelligence to un-
derstand and act upon any message or sug-
gestion given. These cells are all busy crea-
ting and recreating the body, but, in addi-
tion to this, they are endowed with psychic
activity whereby they can attract to them-
selves the substance necessary for perfect
development.
17. They do this by the same law and in
the same manner that every form of life
attracts to itself the necessary material
for growth. The oak, the rose, the lily,
all require certain material for their most
perfect expression and they secure it by
silent demand, the Law of Attraction, the
most certain way for you to secure what
you require for your most complete devel-
opment.
18. Make the Mental Image; make it
clear, distinct, perfect; hold it firmly; the
ways and means will develop; supply will
follow the demand; you will be led to do
the right thing at the right time and in
the right way. Earnest Desire will bring
about Confident Expectation, and this in
turn must be reinforced by Firm Demand.
These three cannot fail to bring about At-
tainment, because the Earnest Desire is the
feeling, the Confident Expectation is the
thought, and the Firm Demand is the will,
and, as we have seen, feeling gives vitality
to thought and the will holds it steadily
until the law of Growth brings it into man-
ifestation.
19. Is it not wonderful that man has
such tremendous power within himself,
such transcendental faculties concerning
which he had no conception? Is it not
strange that we have always been taught to
look for strength and power "without?"
We have been taught to look everywhere
but "within" and whenever this power
manifested in our lives we were told that
it was something supernatural.
20. There are many who have come to
an understanding of this wonderful power,
and who make serious and conscientious ef-
forts to realize health, power and other
conditions, and seem to fail. They do not
seem able to bring the Law into operation.
The difficulty in nearly every case is that
they are dealing with externals. They
want money, power, health and abundance,
but they fail to realize that these are ef-
fects and can come only when the cause is
found.
21. Those who will give no attention to
the world without, "will seek only to ascer-
tain the truth, will look only for wisdom,
will find that this wisdom will unfold and
disclose the source of all power, that it will
manifest in thought and purpose which will
create the external conditions desired. This
truth will find expression in noble purpose
and courageous action.
22. Create ideals only, give no thought
to external conditions, make the world
within beautiful and opulent and the world
without will express and manifest the con-
dition which you have made within. You
will come into a realization of your power
to create ideals and these ideals will be
projected into the world of effect.
23. For instance, a man is in debt. He
will be continually thinking about the debt,
concentrating on it, and as thoughts are
causes the result is that he not only fastens
the debt closer to him, but actually creates
more debt. He is putting the great law of
Attraction into operation with the usual
and inevitable result - Loss leads to great-
er "Loss."
24. What, then, is the correct principle?
Concentrate on the things you want, not
on the things you do not want. Think of
abundance; idealize the methods and plans
for putting the Law of Abundance into
operation. Visualize the condition which
the Law of Abundance creates; this will
result in manifestation.
25. If the law operates perfectly to
bring about poverty, lack and every form
of limitation for those who are continually
entertaining thoughts of lack and fear, it
will operate with the same certainty to
bring about conditions of abundance and
opulence for those who entertain thoughts
of courage and power.
26. This is a difficult problem for many;
we are too anxious; we manifest anxiety,
fear, distress, we want to do something; we
want to help; we are like a child who has
just planted a seed and every fifteen min-
utes goes out and stirs up the earth to see
if it is growing. Of course, under such
circumstances, the seed will never germi-
nate, and yet this is exactly what many of
us do in the mental world.
27. We must plant the seed and leave
it undisturbed. This does not mean that
we are to sit down and do nothing, by no
means; we will do more and better work
than we have ever done before, new chan-
nels will constantly be provided, new doors
will open; all that is necessary is to have
an open mind, be ready to act when the
time comes.
28. Thought force is the most powerful
means of obtaining knowledge, and if con-
centrated on any subject will solve the
problem. Nothing is beyond the power of
human comprehension, but in order to har-
ness thought force and make it do your
bidding, work is required.
29. Remember that thought is the fire
that creates the steam that turns the wheel
of fortune, upon which your experiences
depend.
30. Ask yourself a few questions and
then reverently await the response; do you
not now and then feel the self within you?
Do you assert this self or do you follow the
majority? Remember that majorities are
always led, they never lead. It was the ma-
jority that fought, tooth and nail, against
the steam engine, the power loom and every
other advance or improvement ever sug-
gested.
31. For your exercise this week, visual-
ize your friend, see him exactly as you last
saw him, see the room, the furniture, recall
the conversation, now see his face, see it
distinctly, now talk to him about some sub-
ject of mutual interest; see his expression
change, watch him smile. Can you do this?
all right, you can; then arouse his interest,
tell him a story of adventure, see his eyes
light up with the spirit of fun or excite-
ment. Can you do all of this? If so, your
imagination is good, you are making excel-
lent progress.
PART SEVEN.
61. What is visualization?
The process of making mental pic-
tures.
62. What is the result of this method of
thought?
By holding the image or picture in
mind, we can gradually but surely
bring the thing nearer to us. We can
be what we will to be.
63. What is Idealization?
It is a process of visualizing or
idealizing the plans which will
eventually materialize in our objec-
tive world.
64. Why are clearness and accuracy
necessary?
Because "seeing" creates "feeling"
and "feeling" creates "being."
First the mental, then the emotional,
then the illimitable possibilities of
achievement.
65. How are they obtained?
Each repeated action renders the
image more accurate than the former
one.
66. How is the material for the construc-
tion of your mental image secured?
By millions of mental workers. Brain
cells they are called.
67. How are the necessary conditions for
bringing about the materialization
of your ideal in the objective world
secured?
By the Law of Attraction. The
natural law by which all conditions
and experiences are brought about.
68. What three steps are necessary in
order to bring this law into opera-
tion?
Earnest Desire, Confident Expecta-
tion, Firm Demand.
69. Why do many fail?
Because they concentrate on loss, dis-
ease and disaster. The law is oper-
ating perfectly; the things they fear
are coming upon them.
70. What is the alternative?
Concentrate on the ideals which you
desire to see manifested in your life.